Search Results for “Pay and conditions” tagged local government conference 2016

2016 Local Gov – Emergency Change of Delegate Form

This form is only to be used from 5pm, Wednesday 15 June 2016 and should be handed in to the conference desk at […]

Media on the UNISON National site.

Delegates vow to fight against social work privatisation

Already, one speaker pointed out, “Serco and G4S have a contract for undertaking the forensic examination of children who might have been […]

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Decision of the UNISON NJC committee to accept two

Conference
2016 Local Government Service Group Conference
Date
1 January 2016
Decision
Carried

Conference deplores the decision of the National Joint Council (NJC) Committee, on 27 April 2016, on a divided vote, to accept the pay offer from the employers for local government workers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland (the Local Government Association – LGA). This decision is deeply flawed for a number of reasons: 1. The […]

Motion on the UNISON National site.

‘We can fight together for a more social Europe’

“The Trade Union Bill is still a piece of … crap,” he said, to much laughter and applause, but he congratulated UNISON on the work done to reduce the measures initially intended in […]

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Cuts are destroying youth services across the country, local government conference hears

Delegates commit union to campaign for quality youth services as part of broader fight to save local services

Article on the UNISON National site.

Organising in Local Government

Conference
2016 Local Government Service Group Conference
Date
16 February 2016
Decision
Carried as Amended

Our campaigns to improve pay and conditions and defend jobs rely on UNISON having healthy density levels. Conference notes that UNISON’s […]

Motion on the UNISON National site.

Local Government Trading Companies

Conference
2016 Local Government Service Group Conference
Date
26 February 2016
Decision
Carried

As you know these trade as separate companies to the council, but are wholly owned by them. Within local UNISON branches we are told that the […]

Motion on the UNISON National site.

Negotiating Equality in Local Government in a Climate of Ever Harsher Cuts

Conference
2016 Local Government Service Group Conference
Date
25 February 2016
Decision
Carried

Conference notes that local government used to be an equality trail-blazer in terms and conditions for staff and also in the quality, accessibility and inclusivity of local government […]

Motion on the UNISON National site.

Dress Codes in Local Government

Conference
2016 Local Government Service Group Conference
Date
25 February 2016
Decision
Carried

Many of these date back to a time when there was little overlap between what was considered male and female clothing and have not been re-examined since. Conference acknowledges that dress codes […]

Motion on the UNISON National site.

Resourcing For Devolution

Conference
2016 Local Government Service Group Conference
Date
23 February 2016
Decision
Carried

UNISON members are facing mass redundancies; threats of privatisation; cuts to pay and terms and conditions and massively increased workloads and pressure. In these core and common […]

Motion on the UNISON National site.

Facility Time

Conference
2016 Local Government Service Group Conference
Date
25 February 2016
Decision
Carried

This Conference notes that the motion passed in 2013 called for the development of '…practical and immediate support measures for branches facing cuts to facility time'. This Conference notes that […]

Motion on the UNISON National site.

UNISON local government members supporting refugees

Conference
2016 Local Government Service Group Conference
Date
25 February 2016
Decision
Carried as Amended

Conference believes that the UK has both a moral and legal obligation under international and EU law to receive refugees, and must ensure that provision […]

Motion on the UNISON National site.

Members in Schools – Career Development

Conference
2016 Local Government Service Group Conference
Date
26 February 2016
Decision
Carried

It is vital that staff in schools have access to career development, so that appropriate training and careers paths can be established. Conference we are told by this Tory government that schools […]

Motion on the UNISON National site.

Crisis in Social Work

Conference
2016 Local Government Service Group Conference
Date
16 February 2016
Decision
Carried as Amended

Social workers are having to cope with funding cuts to their services as caseload and referral levels continue to increase thanks to the Westminster Government’s austerity agenda […]

Motion on the UNISON National site.

Incapability Dismissals

Conference
2016 Local Government Service Group Conference
Date
25 February 2016
Decision
Carried

Conference notes that some employers have introduced Incapability Procedures which are designed to make it easier to terminate contracts on the grounds of either ill-health or performance. Conference is concerned that these procedures are or will be used to remove workers from employment instead of making them redundant through cuts and therefore incurring the costs […]

Motion on the UNISON National site.